#38BF9E#38BF9E

#38BF9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#38BF9E
RGBrgb(56, 191, 158)
HSLhsl(165, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(165, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 0%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.87, -43.78, 6.29)
CIE-LCHlch(69.87, 44.23, 171.83°)
OKLaboklab(72.46% -0.1233 0.0159)
OKLCHoklch(72.46% 0.124 172.6)
XYZxyz(26.4301, 40.5679, 38.7786)
Luminance0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#38BF9E #BF3859
analogous
#38BF5A #38BF9E #389CBF
triadic
#38BF9E #9E38BF #BF9E38
tetradic
#38BF9E #5A38BF #BF3859 #9CBF38
square
#38BF9E #5A38BF #BF3859 #9CBF38
split-complementary
#38BF9E #BF389C #BF5A38
monochromatic
#1C6050 #2A9077 #38BF9E #63D1B6 #92DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#38BF9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11
#38BF9E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BF9E
9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##38BF9E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##38BF9E1.002.309.119.11
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1121.001.001.00
##0000009.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B39C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A5A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #38bf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 172.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d3ba',
    500: '#38bf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #38bf9e;
$custom-light: #81d3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#38bf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72464,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#38BF9E
secondary
#CA8999
accent
#4A6EDE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

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#38BF9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva